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BBC Young Writers’ Award // Unspoken by Lottie Mills

This year marks the fourth year of the BBC Young Writers’ Award,which invites all 14 – 18-year-olds living in the United Kingdom to submit short stories of up to 1,000 words. The Award was launched as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations for the BBC National Short Story Award and aims to inspire and encourage… Continue reading BBC Young Writers’ Award // Unspoken by Lottie Mills

Book Reviews

Book review: Love, Hate & Other Filters // Challenging racial ideologies and dismantling stereotypes

Author: Samira Ahmed Pages: 255 Edition: UK paperback Publication date: January 16th 2018 Read: 19th February – 24th February 2018 Rating:  American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home, and being paired off with… Continue reading Book review: Love, Hate & Other Filters // Challenging racial ideologies and dismantling stereotypes

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Anime series you’ll not be able to stop watching

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: September 4: Bingeworthy TV Shows/Amazing Movies (The new fall TV… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Anime series you’ll not be able to stop watching

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: The best contemporaries set in school

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s theme is: August 28: Back to School/Learning Freebie For this week’s theme, I… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: The best contemporaries set in school

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday: Back to School

(Disclaimer: sorry this is so late! Work got in the way over the last few days.) I’ve been wanting to join in with Top Ten Tuesdays for a while because, honestly, they look like so much fun. Who doesn’t love creating a list of books based on a certain theme? This week’s theme is a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Back to School